Dong Zhuo's 200,000 horses were stationed near the capital, and the men never took off their armor, and their horses never left their saddles. Entering the city every day, the armored army opened the way, ran rampant in the market, and harmed the people.

In order to show off his prestige, he planned to abolish the young emperor Liu Bian and establish a new emperor.

One day, Dong Zhuo hosted a banquet in Wenmingyuan and proposed to abolish the establishment, but Ding Yuan, governor of Jingzhou, objected. Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Ding Yuan, but he didn't dare to do it because he saw a majestic general behind Ding Yuan. This general was Ding Yuan's adopted son Lu Bu.

In order to get rid of Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo's counselor Li Su brought a red rabbit horse and a lot of money to Lv Bu's camp, and persuaded Lv Bu to join Dong Zhuo. Lv Bu, who was courageous and ungrateful for profit, killed his adoptive father Ding Yuan that night and became Dong Zhuo's adoptive son.

Yuan Shao refused to submit and left angrily.

Dong Zhuo got Lu Bu, and he became even more powerful, and became even more unscrupulous. In the Jiade Hall, Shangshu Dingguan was killed in public, the young emperor Liu Bian was forcibly abolished and poisoned, and the nine-year-old Chenliu king Liu Xie was made emperor (Xiandi). Self-proclaimed prime minister.